moving picture

moving picture

n. A movie.

moving picture

n (Film) another name for motion picture

mo′tion pic′ture

n. 1. a sequence of consecutive photographic images projected onto a screen in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of movement. 2. a story, narrative, incident, or message presented in this form. 3. motion pictures, movie (def. 3). [1890–95]

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moving picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, pictureproduct, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a moviecredit - an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; "the credits were given at the end of the film"subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screencredits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on televisionscene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a filmfeature film, feature - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'"final cut - the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producerhome movie - a film made at home by an amateur photographercollage film - a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footagecoming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customersshoot-'em-up - a movie featuring shooting and violenceshort subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the featuredocudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or eventcinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a directorfilm noir - a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s"skin flick - a pornographic movierough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editingsilent movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrackslow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster ratetalkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing3D, 3-D, three-D - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearanceshow - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancingdub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign languagesynchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film"film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"videotape, tape - record on videotapereshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times"